06-17-2023, 02:26 PM
(06-17-2023, 02:23 PM)omahen Wrote: From Phoenix side, I don't get it. How do you build a team around 3 max players? Unless the deal would include both Ayton and CP3 and Washington sending some more vets (Wright, Morris or Gafford) to Phoenix.
In any case, if Phoenix manages to get a player like Beal for so little as they have, I see this as just another loss for Mavs.
This is where player relationships matter. I have no doubt in my mind KD+Booker are the ones pulling the strings here. Like you said, Beal chooses where he wants to go. KD+Book convinced Beal that PHX is the place to be, so that's why they can get him for so little.
If there wasn't a NTC in this equation, Beal would probably be shipped off to OKC/SAC/POR for a bunch of assets that PHX couldn't possibly come close to.
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